Yes, I'm referring to physically on site. Technically, new cars can be registered as soon as they've got he chassis number and the details of the person to whom it'll be registered but any dealer worth their salt will wait for physical stock so they can register the car as close to delivery date as is reasonable to do so

For my info: re the dealer registering the car, when you say that's when "they got it" does that mean the car is actually on their premises then? My dealer is very keen so I'm just interested to know what the usual process is.

Once the car "lands in the uk"is when they can register it, then it still can take weeks to get to you.
This is what they say is "consigned"

It doesn't quite work like that for a dealership. For an individual to tax and register a car, you need insurance (and MoT if applicable) but for a dealership, they don't need to do that. They register directly with the DVLA online services and do a similar thing with tax discs and write out their own discs. You'll find girls in the admin office have a locked cupboard with a tonne of unwritten tax discs in and they just use one of those

It doesn't quite work like that for a dealership. For an individual to tax and register a car, you need insurance (and MoT if applicable) but for a dealership, they don't need to do that. They register directly with the DVLA online services and do a similar thing with tax discs and write out their own discs. You'll find girls in the admin office have a locked cupboard with a tonne of unwritten tax discs in and they just use one of those

I've told my dealer not to tax the car before Saturday as I don't want to lose a month on the tax (assuming the car is consigned on time).

I've told my dealer not to tax the car before Saturday as I don't want to lose a month on the tax (assuming the car is consigned on time).

They have thought of that! Here's the email I got

Once it arrives in the UK, I can sort out the paperwork in advance of it arriving and get it turned around as quickly as possible.

I would look to have the vehicle registered by 30th November, taxed for a year and a week, so you get the full benefit of the road fund licence. Thereafter, if it hasn't arrived by the 30th, we would need to push it through the workshop and then valet the car readyf for Handover.

Once it arrives in the UK, I can sort out the paperwork in advance of it arriving and get it turned around as quickly as possible.

I would look to have the vehicle registered by 30th November, taxed for a year and a week, so you get the full benefit of the road fund licence. Thereafter, if it hasn't arrived by the 30th, we would need to push it through the workshop and then valet the car readyf for Handover.

Apparently because mine is £0 tax for the first year (due to low CO2) they can't tax it for anything other than a year... Not sure if this is accurate or not but as long as they give me a Nov 13 tax disc that's all good either way

Once it arrives in the UK, I can sort out the paperwork in advance of it arriving and get it turned around as quickly as possible.

I would look to have the vehicle registered by 30th November, taxed for a year and a week, so you get the full benefit of the road fund licence. Thereafter, if it hasn't arrived by the 30th, we would need to push it through the workshop and then valet the car readyf for Handover.

My dealer is pushing the register it before end of month thing for me too. Must be on a 30 day invoice from BMW finance

Apparently because mine is £0 tax for the first year (due to low CO2) they can't tax it for anything other than a year... Not sure if this is accurate or not but as long as they give me a Nov 13 tax disc that's all good either way